詩仙

詩仙

See also: 诗仙

Chinese

		poem; poetry; verse	immortal
trad. (詩仙)		詩	仙
simp. (诗仙)		诗	仙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shīxiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄒㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shīxiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄒㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihsian
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-hsien¹
    • Yale: shr̄-syān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyshian
    • Palladius: шисянь (šisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ ɕjɛn⁵⁵/

Noun

詩仙

1. great poet
2. an epithet of Li Bai

See also

• 詩聖／诗圣 (shīshèng)
• 詩鬼／诗鬼 (shīguǐ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
詩	仙
し Grade: 3	せん Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From shi (詩, poetry) + sen (仙 hermit).

Noun

詩(し)仙(せん) • (shisen) 

1. great poet

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.